Bookmaker made up £3,000 robbery
Posted on October 31, 2007
Filed Under Casino
HERTS, England — As reported by the BBC: “A bookmaker claimed he had been robbed after losing thousands of pounds on a gaming machine at work, a court heard.
“Charlie Ross, 24, stole £3,657 of tokens, and lost them gambling, in Joe Jennings, in Bishop’s Stortford, Herts.
“…He received a three-month jail term, suspended for a year, and was ordered to complete 200 hours unpaid work.
“…David Chrimes, prosecuting, said: ‘He did not win any money and could not pay for the credit he had used. In panic he decided to report to the police that he had been robbed.’…”
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